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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

"And that is the beauty of Butler’s writing -- that his characters represent not just the collective hope of America, but the purest voice of any one of us, holding our note solid and clear." ~ Judy S.

This is about a group of friends who have known each other since high school, and who return to their Wisconsin hometown of Little Wing from far-flung locales, to ground themselves and assess their lives thus far.

They are musicians, rodeo riders, best friends, drunkards, entrepreneurs, and childhood sweethearts. A sort of “Big Chill” gathering for this decade, these people could portray anyone’shometown relationships – the current interests,the past hook-ups and old loves, all interwovenamong these Midwestern lives.

And that is the beauty of Butler’s writing -- that his characters represent not just the collective hope of America, but the purest voice of any one of us, holding our note solid and clear.